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Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia’s industry is based on the territory’s great and varied mineral wealth: some 60 different types have been found in the region. There are rich iron-ore deposits at
Bayan Obo (Baiyun Ebo), about 75 miles (120 km) north of Baotou, and Inner Mongolia has one of the world’s largest deposits of rare-earth metals—some two-thirds of known reserves. Coal, mined near Baotou and at...